PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal

....so if you’re in need of a classic sounding metal album that evokes images of ‘olde worlde’ battles and chivalrous knights, this delivers in bucketloads.

The love of music, in the purest sense of both the emotion and the form, is about opening your heart and soul to both, and especially opening yourself to new experiences of the art in order to fully appreciate why it lends itself to your undying devotion.  This evening was …

UK heavy metal quintet Heart of a Coward have just released their sophomore album, ‘Severance’, a year after their debut ‘Hope and Hindrance’ crashed into existence. Formed in 2007; after several line-up changes they are now a solid and refined unit lead by ex-Sylosis frontman Jamie Graham. Taking the ferocity …

London can at times be like a bag of pick’n’mix where you can choose the best bits of different gigs in one night. Tonight’s support act of choice was Welsh band Buffalo Summer, who have not only appeared at Download Festival this year, but who also have the likes of …

Some pictures of Paradise Lost on their recent visit to Glasgow as part of their Tragic Illusion Tour.

Some pictures of Lacuna Coil supporting Paradise Lost on their Tragic Illusion tour at the O2 ABC Glasgow.

Some pictures of Katatonia supporting Paradise Lost on their Tragic Illusion tour at the O2 ABC Glasgow

Les-Fest, Scotland’s award winning Rock and Metal Festival make their second announcement for the third annual event in 2014. With tickets already selling fast, Festival Organiser Dave Ritchie has this to say “Continuing our growth and development as well as our commitment to the rock and metal scene in Scotland, …

Jeremy Widerman speaks to Planet Mosh about touring, the future and his love for Nirvana. “This is our first real time in the UK,” says Jeremy Widerman, the bearded gunslinger for Canadian four-piece Monster Truck. Taking a break from sound check to talk to Planet Mosh, he is in great …

Backstage at the Manchester Ritz, Mike Dean best known for his work with Corrosion of Conformity, sits with a cup of tea. Currently lending his bass services to Vista Chino, with Nick Oliveri not playing a part in the band’s touring life, things are calm. The band have been on …

Dyscarnate have just finished a tour with Psycroptic, Hour of Penance and Exhumer. They are taking on the world as a three piece modern death metal band “…bringing the sound of a five piece…” With the band having just signed a deal with Siege Of Amida/Century Media Records, they are …

In these difficult economic times, it makes financial sense – for both the fans and the acts concerned – for bands to team up and offer the best possible deal for their combined fan bases:  it’s a win/win, as they say in marketing circles, with both the bands and their …

Photographs of Skid Row and Ugly Kid Joe’s performance in the The Limelight 1, Belfast.  Support from Dead City Ruins. Photographs by Marc Leach Photography.

I had the pleasure of chatting with the lovely Aaron Aedy, Rhythm Guitarist for Paradise Lost before their superb set at the ABC in Glasgow on Halloween. In this 25 minute interview we discuss 25 years of the band, achievements, touring, previous and current tour with Lacuna Coil and Katatonia, …

  Since the release of their first album “Roads to Judah” in 2013, Deafheaven has been on my radar. This is a band that is black metal in essence but they broaden the genre by adding shoegaze, post-rock and a shitload of ambient. These genres definitely aren’t the easiest ones …

Moss are attached to the weirder side of life, “peeling everything back to the core fundamentals of doom, how heavy and dark it can be.” and here they are celebrating their 13th year as a band! They are the doom band that doesn’t hold a bass player…odd, is the word you …

  A wise man once wrote “The world is indeed full of peril and in it there are many dark places…” One such place is Damnation festival where Conan are to return this year headlining the Electric Amphetamine stage. They will guest their new works, from their up coming new album, …

In the last of our interviews to preview this weekend’s PlanetMosh-backed Helloween Havoc in Belfast, we talk to bassist Aidy Dunlop and drummer Rab McNeill from headliners – and all round headbins (if you ask us) – NASA Assassin. I start by asking about the band’s background – who they …

“In late August 2007, the rock and metal world witnessed the birth of Eden’s Curse“, quips the band’s official website. The melodic rock and metal act was formed by bassist Paul Logue. Enlisting the help of German guitarist Thorsten Koehne and English drummer Pete Newdeck, the band, accompanied by American …

Planetmosh have two tickets to give away in a very easy to win competition for the great double header on Nov 5th – Blast Unit Moscow and the legendary Art Brut at the Village Underground London. To win just answer this Question:   [sociallocker id=”123515″] Thank you everybody who entered, …